Brazil finance minister says economy may shrink in Q1 2017

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SAO PAULO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday that the economy could contract in the first quarter of 2017, admitting that a recovery from a two-year recession will take longer than expected. (Reporting by Lais Martins; Writing by Alonso Soto; Editing by W Simon)